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  2. Rootkit - Wikipedia

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    Rootkit detection is difficult because a rootkit may be able to subvert the software that is intended to find it. Detection methods include using an alternative and trusted operating system , behavior-based methods, signature scanning, difference scanning, and memory dump analysis.

  3. Category:Rootkits - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Rootkits" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  4. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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    July 13: the ZeroAccess rootkit (also known as Sirefef or max++) was discovered. September 1: Duqu is a worm thought to be related to the Stuxnet worm. The Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security ( CrySyS Lab ) [ 73 ] of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Hungary discovered the threat, analysed the malware, and wrote ...

  5. Antivirus software - Wikipedia

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    Anti-virus software can attempt to scan for rootkits. A rootkit is a type of malware designed to gain administrative-level control over a computer system without being detected. Rootkits can change how the operating system functions and in some cases can tamper with the anti-virus program and render it ineffective. Rootkits are also difficult ...

  6. The Rootkit Arsenal - Wikipedia

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    Rootkits are notoriously used by the black hat hacking community. A rootkit allows an attacker to subvert a compromised system. This subversion can take place at the application level, as is the case for the early rootkits that replaced a set of common administrative tools, but can be more dangerous when it occurs at the kernel level.

  7. chkrootkit - Wikipedia

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    Chkrootkit (Check Rootkit) is a widely used Unix-based utility designed to aid system administrators in examining their systems for rootkits. Operating as a shell script , it leverages common Unix / Linux tools such as the strings and grep command.

  8. rkhunter - Wikipedia

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    rkhunter (Rootkit Hunter) is a Unix-based tool that scans for rootkits, backdoors and possible local exploits. [1] It does this by comparing SHA-1 hashes of important files with known good ones in online databases, searching for default directories (of rootkits), wrong permissions, hidden files, suspicious strings in kernel modules, and special tests for Linux and FreeBSD. rkhunter is notable ...

  9. Category:Rootkit detection software - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Rootkit detection software" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chkrootkit; G.